Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBensvilleMarylandUnited States
African American†54.2%23.6%9.9%
African2.4%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.5%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian1.3%1.1%0.2%
Sierra Leonean0.3%——
Haitian0.3%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%0.2%—
West Indian0.3%——
English5.1%8.5%9.5%
German4.2%11.4%12.5%
Irish4.0%9.3%9.4%
American2.3%4.1%5.3%
Italian1.5%4.4%4.8%
Polish0.6%2.6%2.2%
French0.6%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.6%1.1%1.3%
Mexican2.3%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran1.3%3.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.8%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.5%0.5%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Peruvian0.2%0.3%—
Filipino1.9%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.7%1.7%1.4%
Pakistani0.5%0.3%—
Korean0.4%0.8%0.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Maya0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bensville
Maryland
United States
Median age
39.3
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.4%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bensville
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$170,072
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.4%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.8%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bensville
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.1%
9.6%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.6%
0.6%
0.6%
Other languages
1.5%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bensville
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bensville, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.3%
2008
+32.0%
2012
+36.2%
2016
+44.9%
2020
+56.1%
2024
+54.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
76.0%Harris7,012
21.8%Trump2,016
2.2%
D+54.1
R+2.0
D+55.6
9,227
D
77.6%Biden6,852
21.5%Trump1,898
0.9%
D+56.1
D+11.2
D+51.7
8,829
D
70.0%Clinton4,743
25.1%Trump1,701
4.8%
D+44.9
D+8.8
D+42.8
6,771
D
67.2%Obama4,188
31.1%Romney1,935
1.7%
D+36.2
D+4.2
D+32.3
6,228
D
65.7%Obama3,930
33.7%McCain2,016
0.6%
D+32.0
D+23.6
D+24.7
5,984
D
53.9%Kerry2,641
45.5%Bush2,232
0.6%
D+8.3
—
D+10.8
4,904
Bensville sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.1 points.
A population of 15,848, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $170,072 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairwood and Brandywine.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bensville, Maryland voted Democratic by 54.1 points (D+54.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,227 votes cast, 7,012 went Democratic and 2,016 went Republican.
How many people live in Bensville, Maryland?
Bensville, Maryland has a population of 15,848 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bensville, Maryland?
Median household income in Bensville, Maryland is $170,072 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Bensville, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bensville, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
